Can I just say... I didn't have the good fortune to know Husse. But it sounds like he was an excellent guy. I thought that the "Husse Quotes" feature in the Terminal was a really nice touch. Hopefully they will stay there for future releases. It would be cool if from time to time, newbies will ask "Who is Husse then?". It's nice to have some humanity built into your OS, so Kudos to you guys.

b1ackcr0w wrote:Can I just say... I didn't have the good fortune to know Husse. But it sounds like he was an excellent guy.

Aw man, now I'm depressed again. I really miss him. And yes, he was a most excellent guy.

On a brighter note, I'm downloading the Mint9 ISO files and torrents to my NAS box which now has a full time (24/7) torrent server running. I've been seeding Mint8 for several weeks now, and Mint9 will be seeding soon (actually, it looks like the i386 DVD is already finished and seeding).

Here's an interesting note, based on how much I have seeded for Mint8 in the last few weeks this is the popularity rank:#1. Mint8 GNOME (main edition) 4.69 GB#2. Mint8 LXDE 3.21 GB#3. Mint8 XFCE 1.94 GB#4. Mint8 Fluxbox 1.45 GB#5. Mint8 KDE is a distant last with only a few hundred KB seeded

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I personally would recommend the DVD download. And for those that think this is some 2.8GB download it is not - it's only 768MB - 13% bigger than the CD version. It's worth the extra few minutes of download time.

The only oddity about the installed packages is that 2 versions of java are installed - sun's and something called openjdk. If you browse through the menu you would think you are using Sun's java by default but you are not. It's easy to reset.

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altair4 wrote:I personally would recommend the DVD download. And for those that think this is some 2.8GB download it is not - it's only 768MB - 13% bigger than the CD version. It's worth the extra few minutes of download time.

The only oddity about the installed packages is that 2 versions of java are installed - sun's and something called openjdk. If you browse through the menu you would think you are using Sun's java by default but you are not. It's easy to reset.

what version did you just installed? DVD version? it has only sun java installed. if you find openjdk then you might probably installed a package from the repo that depends on it.

btw i have this issue on isaodra, overheat! i think it is upstream issue as it is also appears on lucid.

i have a question, i was using lucid, and the kernel is updated to 2.6.32.22. but on mint, the kernel update doesn't show up on the update manager. so it sticks to 2.6.32.21. why?

Similar to the upgrade path posted here for 7 -> 8, will this work for upgrading 8 -> 9 ?

Upgrading from the command line (faster):

Open a terminal and type the following commands:

* gksu gedit /etc/apt/sources.list (Change all occurrences of “helena” to “isadora”, and all occurences of “karmic” to “lucid”, remove the lines for the Community section of the Linux Mint repository, then save the file and close the editor) * apt update * apt install mint-info-main (choose “Y” or “I” to install the package maintainer’s version) * apt install mint-meta-main(choose “Y” or “I” to install the package maintainer’s version)

In the terminal, repeat the following commands until both upgrade commands show no upgrades available:

The timing of this release of my favorite OS could not be better.I'm getting a new laptop this week and my current laptop will be getting a fresh install of Linux Mint 9.

Looking forward to getting the older laptop set up with the latest and greatest so it's still a top notch, easy to use and fully functional machine.LM9 will also be going on the new laptop as a dual boot or within VirtualBox ... haven't decided yet.

squiddy@squiddy-laptop ~ $ sudo update-alternatives --config java[sudo] password for squiddy: There is only one alternative in link group java: /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/bin/javaNothing to configure.

Woot! Finishing setting back up after a clean install at the moment. Looks good feels goods, only issue was getting ti to play nice with my video card so I could even get the desktop up to start with, but hey that's not your fault. Hope to see many more quality releases from the Linux Mint Team!

They had said there would not be a direct upgrade path using terminal or GUI. The best suggestion is to download the backup tool first (located on the software page or through synaptic/terminal). Run that tool as it can backup your /home folder and your installed software.Install Mint 9 and use the tool to restore your settings and software. I haven't yet done this since I'm waiting for the KDE release, but it should work much better (less bugs) than the terminal upgrade path.

markfiend wrote:Similar to the upgrade path posted here for 7 -> 8, will this work for upgrading 8 -> 9 ?

Upgrading from the command line (faster):

Open a terminal and type the following commands:

* gksu gedit /etc/apt/sources.list (Change all occurrences of “helena” to “isadora”, and all occurences of “karmic” to “lucid”, remove the lines for the Community section of the Linux Mint repository, then save the file and close the editor) * apt update * apt install mint-info-main (choose “Y” or “I” to install the package maintainer’s version) * apt install mint-meta-main(choose “Y” or “I” to install the package maintainer’s version)

In the terminal, repeat the following commands until both upgrade commands show no upgrades available: